A team from the Colorado Department of Agriculture has inspected certain breaded chicken foods, which has led to the recall of these products by the company that manufactured them, Murray’s.
Murray’s Inc., a Lebanon, Pennsylvania based company that produced gluten free chicken under the label of Bell & Evans and distribute it throughout the United States. However, there have been no cases of food poisoning reported till yesterday.
The products that need to be inspected are 12-oz. boxes of “Bell & Evans Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets” and 10.5-oz. boxes of “Bell & Evans Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Breast” and both are marked with P-516 inside the inspection mark from the USDA.
After discovering the issue, the Colorado inspector will report it to the federal authorities.
Staphylococcus aureus infection, which, when attacks someone’s digestive system will cause the usual effects of food poisoning, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. Normally the infection spreads quickly, but it cannot cause severe illness. The patient will probably recover in less than 4 days.
The USDA has advised some precautionary measure while preparing food such as; keep the food preparation area and equipment clean and sterile, wash hands thoroughly before handling or preparing food, do not prepare food if suffering from open sores or wounds, do not prepare food if you have a nose or an eye infection.
